US EditionCoroner’s report on 6 deaths at Colorado dairy points to toxic gas exposure
Six Latino men died from hydrogen sulfide exposure at a Colorado dairy, a rare incident prompting OSHA investigations and community fundraising for victims' families.
- Six workers died from exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas, a toxic gas produced from decomposing manure, at a dairy farm in Keenesburg, Colorado in August.
- Among the victims were a 17-year-old high school student and his father, who were identified along with four other men aged 29 to 50.
- The incident is under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Weld County Sheriff's Office.
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The six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm last August were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday.
Hydrogen sulfide gas killed 6 people at Weld County dairy operation: coroner
DENVER (KDVR) — It's been about 10 weeks since crews were first called to a dairy operation in Weld County to help with a confined space rescue that claimed six lives, and officials have announced the cause of their deaths. On Aug. 20, crews responded to the Prospect Valley Dairy in Keenesburg and found that a male party had passed out in a confined space after a pipe had burst, but that another person had been able to get out. Lawnmower ig…
The Fort Morgan Times
6 men who died at Keenesburg dairy killed by hydrogen sulfide exposure
The six workers who died in August at a dairy east of Keenesburg were killed by exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas, the Weld County Coroner confirmed Thursday afternoon. On Aug. 20, Oscar Espinoza Leos, 17; Carlos Espinoza Prado, 29; Noe Montanez Casanas, 32; Jorge Sanchez Pena, 36; Ricardo Gomez Galvan, 40; and Alejandro Espinoza Cruz, 50, were found dead at Prospect Valley Dairy, 32063 Weld County Road 18. Espinoza Cruz was the father of both Es…
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